Amber Portwood Breaks Silence in First Post-Prison Interview: I Was Always High While Filming Teen Mom

Amber Portwood talks to Dr. Phil in her first post-jail interview on Dec. 20, 2013.

It looks like Amber Portwood's jail time has done her some good. After serving 17 months of her five-year sentence, the former Teen Mom star was released in November 2013, and broke her silence about her experience in an episode of Dr. Phil, set to air on Friday, Dec. 20.

The single, 23-year-old mother (to daughter Leah Shirley, 5) opted for a five-year jail sentence in May 2012 after relapsing following previous rehab stints for her addiction to prescription pills.

Amber Portwood, daughter Leah, and ex-boyfriend Gary Shirley step out together in November 2013 after Portwood was released from jail.Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski/INFphoto.com

After a series of domestic violence arrests (prior to her jail sentence), Portwood attempted to take her own life in June 2011. She called ex-boyfriend and Leah's father Gary Shirley to tell him that she was trying to commit suicide and police found her semi-conscious with a noose around her neck.